r/etymology
Etymology: appreciating word origins
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Discussing the origins of words and phrases, in English or any other language.
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Rank↕ | Word↕ | Occurrences in Subreddit | Total Occurrences | Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) | Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) | Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 3,475 | 75,086 | 1696.2 | 0.6 | 2709.17 | |
| #2 | 1,990 | 66,574 | 971.4 | 0.6 | 1749.80 | |
| #3 | 1,502 | 132,171 | 733.2 | 1.1 | 665.23 | |
| #4 | 374 | 51,492 | 182.6 | 0.4 | 425.18 | |
| #5 | 219 | 32,262 | 106.9 | 0.3 | 397.37 | |
| #6 | 578 | 87,322 | 282.1 | 0.7 | 387.48 | |
| #7 | 119 | 18,828 | 58.1 | 0.2 | 369.98 | |
| #8 | 303 | 49,257 | 147.9 | 0.4 | 360.09 | |
| #9 | 124 | 20,620 | 60.5 | 0.2 | 352.03 | |
| #10 | 693 | 129,591 | 338.3 | 1.1 | 313.04 | |
| #11 | 78 | 15,066 | 38.1 | 0.1 | 303.07 | |
| #12 | 147 | 28,757 | 71.8 | 0.2 | 299.24 | |
| #13 | 374 | 76,513 | 182.6 | 0.6 | 286.14 | |
| #14 | 118 | 24,633 | 57.6 | 0.2 | 280.42 | |
| #15 | 217 | 49,006 | 105.9 | 0.4 | 259.21 | |
| #16 | 65 | 15,596 | 31.7 | 0.1 | 243.97 | |
| #17 | 92 | 22,478 | 44.9 | 0.2 | 239.59 | |
| #18 | 1,417 | 346,434 | 691.7 | 2.9 | 239.44 | |
| #19 | 345 | 86,507 | 168.4 | 0.7 | 233.46 | |
| #20 | 72 | 19,580 | 35.1 | 0.2 | 215.26 | |
| #21 | 55 | 15,488 | 26.8 | 0.1 | 207.88 | |
| #22 | 66 | 18,985 | 32.2 | 0.2 | 203.50 | |
| #23 | 158 | 46,017 | 77.1 | 0.4 | 200.99 | |
| #24 | 57 | 16,849 | 27.8 | 0.1 | 198.03 | |
| #25 | 340 | 104,299 | 166.0 | 0.9 | 190.83 | |
| #26 | 364 | 111,666 | 177.7 | 0.9 | 190.82 | |
| #27 | 52 | 16,155 | 25.4 | 0.1 | 188.42 | |
| #28 | 56 | 18,580 | 27.3 | 0.2 | 176.43 | |
| #29 | 126 | 41,865 | 61.5 | 0.3 | 176.18 | |
| #30 | 158 | 52,955 | 77.1 | 0.4 | 174.66 | |
| #31 | 65 | 21,956 | 31.7 | 0.2 | 173.30 | |
| #32 | 97 | 33,573 | 47.3 | 0.3 | 169.13 | |
| #33 | 1,003 | 347,267 | 489.6 | 2.9 | 169.07 | |
| #34 | 286 | 99,131 | 139.6 | 0.8 | 168.89 | |
| #35 | 946 | 328,950 | 461.8 | 2.7 | 168.35 | |
| #36 | 3,767 | 1,342,943 | 1838.8 | 11.2 | 164.20 | |
| #37 | 383 | 137,639 | 187.0 | 1.1 | 162.89 | |
| #38 | 780 | 288,231 | 380.7 | 2.4 | 158.41 | |
| #39 | 58 | 21,517 | 28.3 | 0.2 | 157.79 | |
| #40 | 96 | 37,223 | 46.9 | 0.3 | 150.97 | |
| #41 | 51 | 20,300 | 24.9 | 0.2 | 147.07 | |
| #42 | 143 | 57,720 | 69.8 | 0.5 | 145.03 | |
| #43 | 45 | 18,781 | 22.0 | 0.2 | 140.26 | |
| #44 | 84 | 35,619 | 41.0 | 0.3 | 138.05 | |
| #45 | 134 | 57,740 | 65.4 | 0.5 | 135.85 | |
| #46 | 72 | 31,098 | 35.1 | 0.3 | 135.53 | |
| #47 | 47 | 20,336 | 22.9 | 0.2 | 135.29 | |
| #48 | 41 | 18,288 | 20.0 | 0.2 | 131.24 | |
| #49 | 408 | 182,909 | 199.2 | 1.5 | 130.58 | |
| #50 | 767 | 348,915 | 374.4 | 2.9 | 128.68 |